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TIL that the famous American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman was called "Cump" by his friends and family

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BgVND TIL about Arver v. United States, a U.S. Supreme Court decision which upheld the Selective Service Act of 1917. The court held that, citing Vattel's The Law of Nations (1758), a just government has a duty to protect its citizens, which obligates those citizens to render miliary service.
PvjV TIL the US government poisoned industrial alcohol during Prohibition, leading to the deaths of around 10,000 people.
x6Meg TIL the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike that brought Dr. King to Memphis, where he was assassinated, began after two workers were crushed to death in a garbage truck.
yQNa TIL Muhammad is said to have loved his cats so much that he would do without his cloak rather than disturb one that was sleeping on it.
W7vgo TIL the odds of a marriage proposal being rejected were 1.73 times higher if the proposal was public compared to if it was private